US researchers propose a novel malaria treatment: administering drugs to mosquitoes to clear their infection. Malaria parasites, spread by infected female mosquitoes, kill nearly 600,000 annually. Current methods focus on insecticide-based mosquito control, but resistance is growing. Harvard scientists discovered a drug cocktail effectively eliminating malaria in mosquitoes when absorbed through their legs. The long-term goal is to coat bed nets with this drug cocktail, offering a new strategy in malaria prevention.

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